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Astronomers have stated that alien agriculture can be seen through a telescope

Modern telescopes are very far from being able to see an alien Earth-type civilization directly - its cities, fields and mechanisms. Nevertheless, astronomers are trying to come up with indirect ways to identify intelligent life. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out an article by American astronomers who suggested looking for traces of farming of other civilizations in the atmosphere of exoplanets.

Since August 1945, the only thing that protects the world from a global war is the possibility of a retaliatory strike, dangerous for nuclear powers. Until now, the main weapon of Russian nuclear deterrence has been "Satan", as NATO calls her, or "Voivode", as she is called in Russia. Now a different missile system has been adopted, much more dangerous and better protected. Will he be able to change the strategic balance sufficiently so that the conflict between Russia and NATO will continue to remain unacceptable for its participants?

Rogozin said that Russia has decided on the timing of the completion of work on the ISS

The decision on the deadline for the end of Russia's participation in the International Space Station program has already been made, but it will not be announced yet. According to the head of Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin, Moscow will warn partners in a year about the completion of work on the ISS in accordance with its obligations. According to him, Russia continues to work on the orbital station until 2024.

This is the second launch of Angara-1.2 in eight years. In December 2023, they want to be the first to launch it from the new launch complex of the Vostochny cosmodrome in the Amur Region.

The coming anarchy in outer space

New realities and rules in the exploration of near-Earth space have practically put an end to the universally recognized treaty, in which outer space is defined as "the property of all mankind," writes The National Interest. The authors of the article call the current situation a new tragedy of public resources.

The authorities want to revive the system of distributing students after their graduation to various enterprises of the country. First of all, this will affect IT specialists who studied on a budget - they can be forced to work for the military-industrial complex for five years. This is one of the measures taken by the authorities to combat the personnel shortage in the IT sector.

The team of the OSIRIS-REx interplanetary station has chosen a new target for research. This is the famous asteroid Apophis, which was previously considered the most dangerous body for the Earth. The station, which is now flying to Earth with the ground of the asteroid Bennu, will go to Apophis in 2023 and will explore it from orbit, according to the website of the University of Arizona.

Dmitry Litovkin — on the moratorium on testing of anti-satellite weapons

US Vice President Kamala Harris said at the beginning of last week that the US was introducing a moratorium on testing anti-satellite weapons.

A new stage of anti-Russian sanctions may be the disconnection of residents of our country from the American GPS satellite navigation system. But almost every mobile phone is connected to it, and we all essentially use its services. How real is this threat – and why, in this case, will the US harm itself much more?

The production of the system, named Prometheus, has been established at the enterprises of the Almaz-Antey Aerospace Defense Concern.

The CEO of the concern, Jan Novikov, in his interview with the National Defense magazine, stated: "Currently, serial production of the S-500 system has been organized using the latest achievements of domestic science and technology. The combat capabilities of this system significantly exceed the capabilities of previously created anti-aircraft missile systems and systems. The S-500 is capable of becoming the basis of the Russian Aerospace Defense system."

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Higher School of Applied Physics and Space Technologies of SPbPU Sergey Makarov on Friday, April 22, told Izvestia about the likelihood of replacing GPS with subscriber equipment of the Russian Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS).

The developments of specialists from the Russian Federation used on board the International Space Station (ISS) are recognized as reliable and of high quality. Anton Shkaplerov, cosmonaut of Roscosmos, told Izvestia about this on Sunday, April 17.

Roselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation is ready to supply domestic element base for subscriber terminals of the Gonets low-orbit satellite system.

A political scientist and a military expert explained why Washington needs a moratorium on PSO tests

The US authorities announced their refusal to test anti-satellite weapons. This was announced by American Vice President Kamala Harris at the Vandenberg Air Force Base. She added that Moscow and Beijing should do the same. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the meaning of Washington's initiative is.

"Accessible Internet anywhere in the world for everyone" – under such slogans, American billionaire Elon Musk is promoting one of his key projects – the Starlink satellite constellation. And until recently, it seemed that everything was exactly like that. However, now it turns out that Starlink has actually become part of the military infrastructure of the Ukrainian armed forces – and that's not all.

The Pentagon would get a much greater return from missile defense (ABM) if all satellites located in different orbits could interact with each other, in particular, exchange data via optical communication channels. The corresponding proposal of Lockheed Martin Corporation is reported by SpaceNews.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on April 19, 2022, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the head of the military department, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

The company "Green Launch" has built and tested a hydrogen pulse installation for launching objects into near space. In fact, it is a high-power gas cannon that is capable of putting various objects into orbit. Its main advantage is the low cost and safety of each launch, as well as minimizing the harmful impact on the environment.

The Space Launch System rocket and space program has already gathered almost more criticism than the long-suffering F-35. They complain about the incredible high cost, the use of controversial technical solutions and the regular postponement of the first launch. Now, when, it would seem, everything is ready for launch, the rocket is again removed to the hangar for improvements. How long the new delay will be is an open question.

A garbage dump in the orbit of the planet threatens the development of astronautics

For half a century, people have become accustomed to the constant availability of communications, television broadcasting, satellite navigation, information about weather conditions and other benefits of civilization. Benefits that, oddly enough, may be limited in the next 25-30 years.